A Rapid Microlensing Event in the Q0957+561A, B Gravitational Lens System
The Astrophysical Journal2003Vol. 594(1), pp. 97–100
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Abstract
We re-analyze brightness data sampled intensively over 5 nights at two epochs separated by the quasar lens time delay, to examine the nature of the observed microlensing. We find strong evidence for a microlensing event with an amplitude of 1% and a time scale of twelve hours. The existence of such rapid microlensing, albeit at low amplitude, imposes constraints on the nature of the quasar and of the baryonic dark matter.
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